Pablito's Tacos

Pablito's Tacos

Coronavirus or no, I still love tacos.

In the background, here in my backyard, the soundtrack to some 'Bollywood' film is playing. Not sure why I have this...

Pablito's Tacos is across the street from the Red Barn Market, in the parking lot of Iglesia Apostolica. (this church would sometimes serve tacos out of a pop-up). The Red Barn actually rates it's own entry, and maybe I'll get to that soon. They've got good meat and a good deli section. 

I'd initially planned on getting a bean and cheese burrito from the Red Barn deli-the beans are good, made in manteca, the way my grandmother would have, and it's only $3.50. But I noticed that Pablito's was open, and so changed up my plan.

I ordered the birrias taco, and I was just going to get an asada taco to go with it. The kid at the window suggested the gordita, and if he felt good enough to suggest it, I figured that I'd give it a whirl. I also got a can of Dr. Pepper to wash it down, for a total of $7.50.

At that price point, the bar is pretty low-if it's edible, it's probably worth it. I noticed that on their signage, they mention $1 Tacos on both Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons, which I'll have to come back to try.

The wait seemed a little long, but not bad, and the food-well, it was pretty good. Everything was fried, of course, but not too greasy, and the birria sauce had a good smokey flavor with just a bit of spicy. There was plenty of meat in both items, and enough birria to dip both. The gordita looked more like what I would call a crunchy taco, with cheese and lettuce, but with some birria sauce, it was quite tasty. And he fished the Dr. Pepper out of a cooler of ice and water-Nothing quite like an ice cold Dr. Pepper.

No chairs or tables were out, so I plopped on the steps of the church in the parking lot. The lot was in the center of a complex of buildings-the taco truck is owned by the church-and several men walked by, seeming to do different things and all asked if I enjoyed the food and thanked me for stopping by. 

So, does it match up to my favorite taco truck on the Avenues of Ventura? No, but this one is open in the afternoon, so I'll be back.

 

Coronavirus Time

It's been a few years since I've written-I really had no idea that it had been that long-and now, like most everyone else, I'm sitting around the house.

Lots of Parking

In a few minutes I'm going to walk to my doctors-not for the virus, but because I have a wart on my nose. I'm tired of looking like the wicked witch and I'm hoping my doc will remove it. I'll take some pictures of my deserted home town on the way back.

One of the things I've noticed, though, is more families out walking. The car traffic is down considerably, but people are outside, riding bikes, walking dogs and just strolling about.The upside to the virus is it might bring the family unit together.


Last night I was up to late looking for the famed Boss Radio KHJ's Real Don Steele and his tagline, "Tina Delgado is alive! Alive!" If Quinten Tarentino had used that in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, it would have been the perfect movie. I did find an aircheck from August of 1966 with Garry Mack and the Real Don Steele, and that's what I have playing while I write. Like Tarentino, who's about my age, KHJ was the sound of the city, sitting in the back of my Mom's 1964 Chevy Malibu. It brings back memories.

There have been some changes in town, and I do plan on writing this again, but I'll wait until the city reopens.